TRAVEL & ENTERTAINMENT PAYMENTS
Turn bookings into paid experiences. Accept payments online, by phone and on location, collect deposits and balances, and work with a payment partner that understands travel.
Find Your Travel Payment SetupTravel-aware merchant accounts. Clear pricing. 24/7 human technical support.
Advance sales, seasonal peaks and higher-value trips deserve a merchant account that fits how you operate.
Eligible merchant accounts get faster access to funds for suppliers, payroll and the next departure.
Connect online bookings, assisted reservations and in-person acceptance without managing every channel alone.
Your customers can pay months before they travel. Your busiest sales period may arrive long before your busiest departure period. That makes the right merchant relationship just as important as the checkout.
Clearly helps travel agencies, tour operators and experience businesses find an appropriate merchant account and payment setup. We bring high-risk merchant-services expertise to advance bookings, high-ticket sales, card-not-present payments and seasonal volume.
Review Your Travel Merchant AccountBooking lead times and ticket values. Build the application around the gap between payment and delivery, typical transaction size and peak-season volumes.
Refunds and risk structure. Understand funding arrangements, reserve requirements and cancellation exposure as part of the account proposal.
Ongoing support. Get help as your routes, products or sales volumes change. Approval and account terms depend on underwriting.
A sale is not always a single transaction. Build a payment flow around your booking schedule so staff can see what has been paid and what is still due.
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Online, phone or in person.
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Collect the agreed first payment.
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Charge authorized balances and extras.
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Track processed payments and funding.
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Match activity to bookings and deposits.
A customer should not have to leave a trip enquiry unfinished while your team arranges payment. Add card acceptance to your website or app with eCommerce payments and APIs. Connect the payment step with the booking experience and give mobile customers a clear route to checkout.
For a simpler starting point, use a branded Hosted Payment Page. Send a payment link after a reservation or add a payment button to your website. Your customer enters card details on the hosted checkout, with your branding and booking-reference fields.
Already using booking software? Connect your payment and business systems so payment collection works with your existing operation.
When an itinerary needs a conversation, your team can take the payment during that conversation. A Virtual Terminal turns an internet-connected computer or tablet into a browser-based payment desk. Enter the authorized transaction, process the payment and send a receipt without buying a separate terminal for phone bookings.
Use it for deposits, outstanding balances, changes and refunds. Customer profiles and transaction history help staff find the right booking instead of hunting through emails. For customers who prefer to enter their own card details, send an online invoice or payment link.
Sell the trip without making every customer pay in full on day one. Collect an agreed deposit and arrange the remaining payments around the booking schedule. Clearly’s scheduled and recurring payment tools support instalment-style billing and authorized repeat payments.
Tokenized card-on-file replaces the stored card number with a payment reference. Use that reference for authorized balance collections, itinerary changes and agreed add-ons without asking the customer to start again. Payment terms and customer consent stay part of the booking process.
Receipts, payment reminders and declined-payment notifications help your team follow up promptly. Customers can also pay a remaining balance through an invoice or hosted payment link when that better suits the booking.
At booking: collect the deposit and record the reservation reference.
Before departure: collect the authorized scheduled balance or send a payment link.
On the day: take payment for upgrades, additional guests or other agreed extras.
After settlement: reconcile payments and refunds against the booking.
Serve customers who book across borders, not just the cards issued in your own country. Clearly supports international card acceptance and currency options that help you sell to overseas travellers.
Take major international credit cards online, by phone and on location. At a suitable contactless terminal, customers can also use Apple Pay and Google Pay. Keep the payment choice familiar while you focus on the trip.
Dynamic Currency Conversion lets eligible international cardholders choose to pay in their home currency on enabled payment setups. The checkout displays the amounts, exchange rate and conversion charges. The traveller chooses the currency. Understand DCC.
Accepting a foreign-issued card, pricing in another currency and receiving funds in USD or CAD are different decisions. We help you choose the processing and bank-account setup that fits your customers and operating costs. Multi-currency checkout options are configured around the payment platform and account.
A last-minute guest, an equipment rental or an upgrade should not depend on finding the office till. Take payments where the customer is with portable and wireless terminals and mobile payment options.
The Ingenico Move 5000 supports chip-and-PIN, contactless cards and mobile wallets with wireless connectivity. Choose the device and connection for your operating area so staff can collect payments at check-in or on location.
For attractions with ticket desks, retail or concessions, POS options bring checkout and payment handling together. Our team helps configure the equipment and supports it after launch.
An international online booking needs a different approach from a chip-and-PIN payment at the ticket desk. Match fraud controls to the channel, then keep the booking evidence that helps your team respond to disputes.
Address Verification Service (AVS) and CVV checks help identify mismatches on card-not-present payments. EMV 3-D Secure adds cardholder authentication to online checkout. Configure the appropriate gateway controls around your transaction values, international sales and booking flow.
Clearly helps you choose fraud tools that support genuine customers without treating every overseas booking as suspicious. Authentication reduces certain fraud risks; it does not eliminate cancellation or service disputes.
When a customer disputes a booking, your response needs more than a payment receipt. Our chargeback support helps you navigate the case, deadlines and supporting evidence. Keep the agreed itinerary, cancellation terms, customer communications and proof of service connected to the payment record.
Track dispute activity alongside refunds so your team can spot recurring problems and avoid unnecessary duplicate reimbursements. See what supports a chargeback response.
Hosted checkout, encryption and tokenization protect payment data and reduce your exposure to raw card details. Clearly’s managed PCI support helps with the applicable validation process so your team spends less time on payment-compliance administration. Do not collect card numbers in ordinary email or store CVV after authorization.
Suppliers and staff need paying before every trip is complete. Clearly offers same-day or next-day funding for eligible merchant accounts, giving you faster access to processed funds for day-to-day operations.
Your funding plan should reflect advance bookings, refund exposure and seasonal peaks. We explain the account’s funding schedule and any reserve structure as part of the proposal, so payment collection fits your cash-flow planning.
Discuss Your Funding and ProcessingBring transaction and settlement reporting together to reconcile booking deposits, balances and refunds with bank deposits. Booking references, receipt records and payment history make individual transactions easier to trace.
Use full or partial refunds against the original transaction when plans change. Keep the refund trail visible in reporting rather than treating cancellation handling as a separate spreadsheet exercise.
For several branches or brands, centralized reporting and integrations help connect the payment operation. Enterprise payment processing gives larger travel groups a route to a more connected, multi-location setup.
High-value bookings make the cost of acceptance worth reviewing. Clearly combines merchant-account expertise, payment technology and practical support with pricing you can understand.
Cost Plus pricing separates the underlying payment costs from Clearly’s published markup. Membership pricing is an alternative for Canadian businesses. Compare the models against your volume and payment mix.
Bring a recent statement and your channel mix. We will review your processing costs, payment setup and opportunities to reduce unnecessary expense as part of your quote.
24/7 human technical support gives your team somewhere to turn when a terminal or payment flow needs attention. Implementation support helps you set up the channels, equipment and reporting your staff will actually use.
Changing providers? We help plan the transition, including stored-credential migration where the current and destination platforms permit a secure transfer. Keep the focus on customers and departures while we help with the payment setup.
Collect higher-value bookings, deposits and scheduled balances. Support assisted reservations and international customers without forcing every sale through one checkout.
Take online reservations and on-location payments for sightseeing, activities, rentals and add-ons. Portable acceptance helps your team serve guests away from a fixed counter.
Connect advance ticket payments, busy check-in periods, in-person sales and refunds. Keep transaction reporting useful across your sales channels.
Running a hotel, restaurant or hospitality operation? Explore hospitality payment processing.
The time between payment and service delivery creates future-delivery exposure. Larger transactions, international cards, seasonal volumes and cancellations also affect underwriting. Clearly helps present your business and find an appropriate account rather than treating travel as ordinary same-day retail.
Yes. Use scheduled payments and authorized tokenized card-on-file for agreed balances or instalments. Set the amount and timing around your booking terms. A hosted payment link or invoice is another way to collect the balance when the customer prefers to pay directly.
Account-updater technology can refresh participating cards’ expiry dates or replacement credentials on enrolled payment setups. It helps reduce failed collections caused by outdated details. We review updater availability with your gateway and stored-card configuration as part of planning balance payments.
Clearly offers payment integrations and APIs for websites, apps and business systems. We review your booking platform and required workflow to choose the right connection. A branded Hosted Payment Page or payment link also lets you collect online without rebuilding your booking system.
International cards can be accepted without offering currency conversion. On DCC-enabled setups, eligible travellers can also choose their home currency with the exchange rate and conversion charges shown. Multi-currency pricing and settlement currency are separate choices that we configure around your account.
Process a full or partial refund against the original payment and retain the transaction record for reconciliation. Link the refund to the booking and communicate the cancellation or change clearly. Your refund policy and the customer’s card issuer affect the wider cancellation experience.
Clearly offers same-day or next-day funding for eligible merchant accounts. The proposal explains the processing and funding schedule, including any account-specific reserve arrangements, so you can plan around your supplier and operating commitments.
Yes. Wireless terminals and mobile options support chip, contactless and wallet payments on suitable devices. Choose the equipment and connectivity for your location. Your team can collect tickets, upgrades or extras without sending the customer back to a fixed counter.
Tell us how you take bookings, when customers pay and where you need to accept payments. We will help you choose the merchant account, payment tools and pricing that fit your travel business.
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